By the Sea............

With Summer under way here are some images of the seaside and ways to bring those tranquil Summer days to your home.

A boat dock on Balboa Island, California.

A seaside home designed by Garden Studio.

Setting the table for seaside dining.

This photo of Balboa Pier is available online from Balboa Gallery.

Photographer Jim Fournier offers beautiful

images of Balboa Island and the Peninsula.

The shoreline.

This 14" x 22" Cameron Stone is set in a running bond pattern and

evokes the color of a sandy beach.

This Agave parryi var. truncata is called an Artichoke Agave.

Planted with Sedums you can create a garden image of tidepools.

A simple chair made with a boat sail.

A driftwood basket.

These K. Jacques Picon Thong Sandals are driftwood brown.

Roberta Fraymann Beach hat.

This Perennials outdoor fabric is called Very Terry Oyster.

This rock is called 'Beach Buff' 1" - 2" and can be used to edge planter beds.

It is available at Garden centers.

I love this nautical stripped tank.

This Perennials outdoor fabric is called Canvas Weave 'Hello Sailor!'.

Add this small seashell collection to an outdoor coffee table.

I love this cover up for lazy days by the waters edge.

This Gloster Riviera Folding Chair gives instant seaside appeal.

The texture of this Gloster brushed stainless steel dining table looks boat like.

Aqua blue drinking glasses.

Sunsets by the seaside.

Serve cool drinks on this simple acrylic tray.

I love the rope on these planters.

Let Garden Studio make you a custom pots for your front porch.

These aged bottles look great clustered together.

They are available at Juxtaposition Home.

Thomas Paul nautical plates.

The rosettes on this Aeonium look like sealife.

Fill this concrete shell planter with succulents.

These aqua blue pots would look great with large Agave plants or Boxwood Globes.

These seafoam green Sedums would look beachy planted along a garden border.

Horizontal wood gates evoke images of a ship.

This driftwood bowl gives a seaside patio that weathered look.

This Senecio planted in massings look like waves of ocean blue.

See a live video cam of the Summer fun on Balboa Island.

This white Restoration Hardware outdoor dining set fits with the nautical theme.

Roberta Fraymann napkins.

Roberta Fraymann placemat.

June gloom in Newport Harbor.

Happy Summer!